"701," ROB.B's lead single from his debut album Eleven Eleven is the kind of braggadocious track rap was built on. Though a native of California, Heartthrob Rob's got a definite New York flow, and in the accompanying video, swag is wafting off of him like the smoke from his omnipresent blunt.
There's just something incredibly refreshing about a gay guy straight spittin': whether he's rapping about carrying a "Baghdad in the man bag," or coining himself "The Fresh Prince of Don't Care," or casually mentioning how he's "about to bust me a nut the way I'm feelin' myself."
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Though one of my favorite lines has to do with getting a menage going with noted gay-baiter and "I still would" Nick Jonas and human unicorn Jaden Smith: "Holla Nick Jonas, what's good with some bacon? / Trying to get down in a threesome with Jaden."
Or is "Get Down in a threesome with Jaden"--a reference to Smith's queer turn in this summer's Baz Luhrmann Netflix hit?
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Either way, lube me down, sign me up, and check out the video for "701"--directed by Arno Diem and styled by Steve Canar and Maor Luz--below:
